Not just in a name

This might just be a coincidence but the article by Alex Spence http://timesonline.typepad.com/law/2009/06/why-are-lawyers-so-hated.html is a theme that I as a lawyer have recently felt towards others that work in a law firm. Bending the rules for the sake of getting billed on a case is due to the lack of professionalism you have when you have not been trained or qualifed. When they bend the rules there are no consequences for them but asking me to do it is totally different. so take a hike! cause i'm not going to do it, you can theathen me all you want!

The reaction to 'why lawyers are hated?' is not surprising to me at all. I know why the public hate lawyers, i hate most myself. Lack of care, lack of concern and ultimately lack of providing a service to clients.

I hope i'm one of the exceptions, from what my client's tell me i feel that i am. One of my clients recently said to me that before i took his case over he had a low perception of lawyers but that with my advise and support he felt happy and reassured and called me 'his rock' and told me how he get back to work and got on with his life. That is the best compliment i have ever had and probably will ever have from a client and that's the reason why i became a solicitor in the first place to provide a professional service to clients.

I don't bend the rules, i'm not motivated by billing the file regardless to the situation of the case and i genuinely care about my client and they know that and have trust in me. there are good lawyers out there but as a reader has mentioned in her comment, it's a neddle in a haystack to find them.

So the answer that Alex is looking for is that when you call yourself a professional you better act like one, it's not just in the name.